Today was the day to work on the front windows. I stripped the woodwork a while ago but never took the windows apart. Hmmm…I took the moldings off and got one of the windows out and I can see there is a bit more stripping to do. I’ll need new rope, […]

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Ikea-Shaumburg, IL. 9 years ago. Yep, that’s where we bought the huge double-decker coffee table. One of our first purchases my husband and I made together. My husband loves that coffee table because it IS SO BIG! It is a butcher block-looking coffee table and I’ll admit I like it, too, because you didn’t have […]

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I had a comment on my post that sounds like they are interested in your linoleum. Here is a link to that comment page.
http://thisolderiehouse.net/vintage_linoleum/
The url in her username comes up to a bad link but with a little research I found it must have been a typo and should have been the following website.  […]

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I’m posting this because I haven’t done a darn thing to my house in over a month, maybe two. I moved outside to the garden and to the lake and streams to go fishing. All work and no play makes me…..tired. Actually I work very hard when I’m on a project, then […]

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